Fifty suspects have been arrested and £104,000 in cash seized in an operation to smash county lines drugs gangs across Cheshire.
A large number of drugs were recovered including 10kg of cocaine, 35 cannabis deals and 259 wraps of crack cocaine and heroin. Officers arrested 41 men and nine women, including four teenagers, on suspicion of drug offences.
Police also seized three vehicles, high value watches, 47 mobile phones and weapons including a Samurai sword and knives. Fifteen homes where vulnerable residents were believed to have been victims of cuckooing by criminals were raided.